Category Archives: Local Food
Virgin Olive Market Recycling Wine Corks
The Virgin Olive Market in the 801 N. Orange building downtown has partnered with the national company Recork to recycle used wine corks into sandals, shoes, and shoe inserts. The recycling effort keeps material out of our local landfill, extending its … Continue reading
Filed under Local Food, News
Support Former Ourlando Organizer’s New Project
Support one of Central Florida’s greenest offshoots and former Ourlando organizer, Natasha McIntosh with a seed and book drive to support folks at the Pine Ridge Reservation. Natasha has been braving the frigid Northlands in South Dakota to work with … Continue reading
Filed under Books, Farming & Gardening, Local Food, Uncategorized
What’s Happening This Weekend, Nov 12-14
Hello everyone! I hope you all caught Kalem Jones and Kelly Cowan on WPRK 91.5 yesterday! They discussed Ourlando, the movement behind “Think Local First,” and everything else that is encompassed by our mission! We are hoping to post a … Continue reading
Filed under Community Events, Local Economies, Local Food, News, Ways To Co-Create
On the Farm
Ourlando Intern Roxanne Ravago and Board Member Scott Tess visited Ourlando member Lake Meadow Naturals in Ocoee to take photos for a forthcoming print Independent Business Guide and to learn about cage free egging. Despite being only ten minutes … Continue reading
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What’s “Organic” About Organic?
Farm To Table – a community market at the Florida Film Festival Saturday, April 10, 2:00 – 6:00 pm Enzian Theater 1300 S. Orlando Ave. Maitland, FL Featuring the documentary “What’s ‘Organic’ About Organic?”, directed and co-produced by Shelley Rogers, … Continue reading
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Audubon Park Community Market Every Monday
The Audubon Park Community Market is the Ourlando community’s source for the best selection of truly local food, from produce and other farm goods to prepared foods, grocery items and meals. This weekly gathering of friends, local food, local art, live … Continue reading
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It’s a Food Fight!, Local Food Alliance Potluck, Greening Your Home and Business
Farm To Table – an Ourlando Local Food Alliance event November 15, 12:30 PM to 2:30 PM Enzian Theater Featuring the the documentary “Food Fight” by Chris Taylor and food by Chef Josh Oakley. Tickets: $18, includes hors d’oeuvre, beer, … Continue reading
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Slow Money: A Fast Growing Idea
Slow Money is the name of a book, a movement, and an idea whose time has come. The subtitle of the book ” investing as if food, farms and fertility mattered” explains the heart of the movement which is only … Continue reading
Filed under Local Economies, Local Food
The dirty tricks behind local-washing: How national corporations are co-opting the idea of “local”
HSBC, one of the biggest banks on the planet, has taken to calling itself “the world’s local bank.” Winn-Dixie, a 500-outlet supermarket chain, recently launched a new ad campaign under the tagline “Local flavor since 1956.” The International Council of … Continue reading
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A Locavore’s Fourth: Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Really Fresh Produce
The folks at Kitchen Gardeners International might not call it a duty, exactly. But the group — one of the organizations whose efforts led to the planting of a kitchen garden at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. this spring — argues that … Continue reading
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